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Meaning of Intensifier | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. That which intensifies.
  2. A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
  3. A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.

Equivalents

العربية المشدّد
Bosanski do kurca
Čeština kór
Deutsch beschissen Intensitätspartikel Steigerungspartikel
Español intensificador
Suomi intensifikaattori korjain vahvistin vahvistussana valonvahvistin
Français intensificateur intensifier
हिन्दी सम्-
Hrvatski do kurca
Magyar nyomatékosítószó
Kurdî kor zê
Polski że
Português intensificador
Српски do kurca
Svenska fucking fucking
Türkçe artırıcı

Examples

““Plus-” and “doubleplus-” are both intensifiers that replace⟳ words of different extremities, and the words very and extremely respectively. So words like⟳ great, excellent and horrible are rendered redundant in Newspeak, replaced by “plusgood”, “doubleplusgood” and “doubleplusungood” respectively. Note⟳ how “un-” has to follow⟳ the intensifier prefix.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Intensifiers Intensifies intensify Intensifying intensimetry Intension

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